For the first time since 1996, the Baseball Hall of Fame will have a year without any new members.Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens, and Sammy Sosa were among those who failed to achieve the 75 percent vote necessary for election.

I think the Hall of Fame is diminished for leaving out many of the best players to ever suit up.

How do you describe the Hall of Fame now? You certainly can't say it's a shrine to the greatest players of all time when so many of the greatest players are excluded. Now the description has to include political correctness and popularity.

The Hall of Fame has had cheaters from every other era. Apparently the cheaters from this one particular era are worse because so many of them had the temerity to get caught.

I think the Hall of Fame is diminished for leaving out many of the best players to ever suit up.

How do you describe the Hall of Fame now? You certainly can't say it's a shrine to the greatest players of all time when so many of the greatest players are excluded. Now the description has to include political correctness and popularity.

The Hall of Fame has had cheaters from every other era. Apparently the cheaters from this one particular era are worse because so many of them had the temerity to get caught.

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Prior cheaters did things like cork their bats and grease the ball and do amphetamines which were readily available to everyone. Steroids are a different matter entirely.